Welcome to the first edition of “Money in the Mattress,” a new monthly series featuring the bedding industry’s top suppliers. We kick things off with Paula Higginbotham, national account manager at TempurSealy, who provided a look back, and ahead, at all things TSI. 

Tempur Sealy International (TSI) has agreed to maintain the amount of floor space allotted to premium competitors in Mattress Firm stores for five years, should the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) approve the merger of the two bedding businesses. 

BrandSource furniture partner Legends Home has launched its own mixed container program.  

J.D. Power has ranked Tempur Sealy’s Tempur-Pedic brand tops in customer satisfaction for both in-store and online mattress purchases. 

BrandSource partner Bedgear has officially opened a new 100,000-square-foot manufacturing and distribution facility in Salt Lake City.  

Serta Simmons Bedding (SSB) has forged a strategic partnership with the New York-based Advertising Checking Bureau (ACB), a leading solutions provider of consumer rebate and sales incentives services. 

In his Nov. 11 podcast, Mark Kinsley, president/CEO of Englander Mattress and founder of online bedding resource The FAM, spoke with Mike Magnuson, CEO of consumer shopping guide Goodbed.com, about the brave new world of mattress marketing. 

Riding a rebound in consumer spending, America’s furniture and home furnishings stores turned in one of their strongest performances of the year last month. 

This fall’s devasting hurricanes, Helene and Milton, hit especially close to home for BrandSource vendor partner Ashley Furniture Industries, which maintains facilities in hard-hit Florida, Georgia and North Carolina. 

BrandSource vendor partner Bassett Furniture has named Tony Chivari its new chief marketing officer.